War between Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee

Seems that Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee disagree on some mather of the race, which has become a war of words between them. Spike Lee, nominated for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for ‘Do the right thing’, criticised Clint for ‘Letters from Iwo Jima’ and ‘Flags of our Fathers’ movies for neglecting black soldiers. In spite of being a great director, Clint seems to have taken the remark from Lee very serious and appears to be very angry and irritated when he replied “he should shut his face”.

The famous director who won The Oscar in 2005 for creating a ‘Million Dollar Baby’ said “I’m not going to make Nelson Mandela a white guy” accusing Lee for ignorance. He talks about his new film ‘The Human Factor’ set in 1990s South Africa.

“First of all, the man is not my father and we’re not on a plantation either” . “If he wishes, I could assemble African-American men who fought at Iwo Jima and I’d like him to tell these guys that what they did was insignificant and they did not exist,” continued Lee as a response to Clint’s remarks.

Lee, also made a WWII film about a black US army division, ‘Miracle at St. Anna’ which is post-production now in 2008. For the moment he seems to have ended the bitter name-calling and accusations, alluding the US presidential candidate Barack Obama’s conciliatory approach.